Les Pounder, a freelance writer for various Linux magazines (and all-round nice person!), recently backed Nexdock on IndieGoGo (just like I wish I had!). He received his unit a few days ago and has since been playing around with it getting…
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Raspberry Pi wall calendar features a beautifully finished frame
Part woodworking project, part geeky techniness, “paqmanbiker’s” project was done as a Mother’s Day present for his wife. He used a Raspberry Pi 3 and an old 17″ Dell display and then surrounded it with a highly-polished frame. A bit…
Putting the pi-topCEED together – a short video
Stewart Dunn has done a nice walk-around and install video of the pi-topCEED. You can see it below: The pi-topCEED is the latest product from the pi-top guys and really looks like the way forward in terms of housing a…
Raspberry Pi hits 10 million sales landmark & releases a new kit
Great news from Raspberry Pi today. They’ve now sold 10 million Raspberry Pis! In four and a half years! Not bad going, really! 😉 So, congratulations to everyone who is now, or has ever been, involved. To celebrate this, they have…
Easy-to-use music player for elderly relative uses Raspberry Pi and RFID cards
DusteD had a relative who became unable to use their CD player due to old age. So, he came up with a Raspberry Pi solution. He set the Pi up to be ‘always on’ and then ripped music to it.…
Create a planetarium night-light using a Raspberry Pi
Daniel Chote‘s son was learning about stars and astronomy in day-care, but was always in bed before it got dark. So, Daniel decided to use a Raspberry Pi to create a planetarium night-light! It involves a lot of tinkering and software…
Building a Raspberry Pi-powered walkie talkie
Daniel Chote (a New Zealander now living in the USA) has built a walkie talkie for his kids out of a Raspberry Pi, some small electronic parts and a 3D case. When you press the button, you can use the…
Counting dog barks with a Raspberry Pi
One of Mark Gibbs’ neighbours decided to make a complaint about his dog and how much it barked. Knowing that his dog didn’t bark much when he was in the house, Mark decided to count the number of barks electronically…
Build your own solar-powered weather station with a Raspberry Pi
Brian Masney has taken a Raspberry Pi Zero and hooked up a load of sensors to create a weather station. He has fixed solar panels to the top for power and the sensors include ones for wind speed and direction, rain, temperature,…
Build your own Raspberry Pi laptop for around $150
Raspberry Pi laptops are somewhat of a holy grail for Pi users. You can, of course, just buy a Pi Top and build it from their kit. Or, alternatively you could go the DIY route as Instructables user Prosnow22 has done.…